Haven Private Circles vs MiLa Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haven Private Circles
A private social network focused on secure sharing with close friends and family. It offers end-to-end encrypted posts, messages, and calls, with options for offline sharing and personal data storage. No ads, tracking, or algorithms are present.
- End-to-end encrypted sharing
- Private circles for family and friends
- Direct and group messaging
- Group voice and video calls
- Offline nearby sharing
- Bring your own storage option
- No account or personal information required
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Haven is a private social network for the people who actually matter. No ads. No tracking. No algorithm deciding what you see. No company server holding your memories. Everything you share is end-to-end encrypted with hybrid post-quantum cryptography and travels between your devices over the internet — directly, or through a relay that can't read it — or over Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi when you're together offline. Even we can't read it. • Private circles — share with family and close friends in separate, invite‑only circles, and always see exactly who a post will reach • Posts, photos, videos & stories — with a modern camera, easy captions, and a song • Direct & group messages — with sender names, timestamps, and delivery checks, plus scheduled and screenshot‑protected secret messages • Group voice & video calls — 1:1 and group, with screen sharing, peer‑to‑peer, no call server in the middle • All your devices in sync — start on iPhone, pick up on iPad or Mac; your posts and messages follow you • Disappearing posts — you decide how long things stick around • Nearby sharing — works with no internet at all, phone to phone • Your relay does the heavy lifting — photos and videos go up once to a relay you run and friends fetch them from there, so your phone stays cool; or keep memories on your own S3 bucket • Stays out of your way — big transfers wait while you're on a call, or when your device is hot or in Low Power Mode • No account, no phone number, no email — your identity lives only on your device Haven is a stronghold for the people you love. It's built so that no one — not advertisers, not data brokers, not even the people who made it — can get between you and your circle.
MiLa Chat
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You write in your language. They read in theirs. Nobody taps a translate button. MiLa Chat translates messages right on your device using Apple's on-device technology. Nothing is sent to a server to be translated, it works offline, and it costs nothing. THREE SIDES OF ONE IDEA Read — incoming messages in another language appear in yours. One tap shows the original. Write — as you type, you see the translation into your recipient's language, and you can edit it before sending. Listen — turn a voice message into text with one tap, then that text gets translated too. A Japanese voice note becomes readable in your language. EVERYTHING A MESSAGING APP NEEDS • Private chats, groups and channels • Voice and video calls, media travels directly between devices • Voice messages, photos, video • Secret chats with end-to-end encryption and self-destructing messages • 24-hour stories • Anonymous posting in groups PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No phone number required. Sign up with email or Apple. • We never read your address book. Add friends by username or QR code. • No ads, no third-party trackers. • Translation and transcription never leave your device. • Delete your account inside the app, instantly and completely. SAFETY Block and report are available on every message. Every report is handled within 24 hours. Note: translation and transcription require iOS 18 or later. Older devices get full messaging, calling and voice messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Haven Private Circles at 4 against MiLa Chat's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Haven Private Circles | MiLa Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 17+ |
| Developer | Blaine Miller | ATHENE GROUP LTD |
In-app purchases
Haven Private Circles
No in-app purchases
MiLa Chat
No in-app purchases








